South Asia Cross word

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  1. 2. Mountains that lie at the west end of the Himalayas, forming a barrier separating Pakistan from Afghanistan to the north
  2. 3. ___Zone along western & eastern coasts of India & in Bangladesh. Teps are high, and rainfall is heavy.
  3. 4. Drops down from the Himalayas & flows eastward across northern India
  4. 9. River that flows west & then south through pakistan to the Arabian sea
  5. 12. ___Zone found in northern part of Sri Lanka, the east coast, and the central interior of India
  6. 13. A dike is a barrier used to regulate or hold back water from a river, lake, or even the ocean. A dike is a barrier used to regulate or hold back water from a river, lake, or even the ocean.
  7. 15. an area that contains a chain or group of islands scattered in lakes, rivers, or the ocean
  8. 16. the purposeful clearing of forested land.
  9. 17. a system of winds rotating inward to an area of low atmospheric pressure, with a counterclockwise (northern hemisphere) or clockwise (southern hemisphere) circulation
  10. 18. a partially enclosed, coastal water body where freshwater from rivers and streams mixes with salt water from the ocean
  11. 19. ___ Plateu tilts east, toward the Bay of Bengal, and covers much of southern India
  12. 22. One of the world's most arid regions
  13. 24. ___zone the coldest climate, area of the himalayes & other northern mountains
Down
  1. 1. River that runs east, then west and south through bangladesh
  2. 2. __ zone much warmer in the south Asia area.
  3. 5. a large landmass that is smaller than a continent
  4. 6. a seasonal prevailing wind in the region of South and Southeast Asia, blowing from the southwest between May and September and bringing rain (the wet monsoon ), or from the northeast between October and April (the dry monsoon ).
  5. 7. holiest of the seven sacred cities in Hinduism.
  6. 8. triangular area where a major river divides into several smaller parts that usually flow into a larger body of water
  7. 10. large region stretches from PAakistan across northern India, formed by three river system
  8. 11. ___zone features high temperatures and light rainfall, found in western end of the Plain
  9. 14. An atoll is a ring-shaped island, including a coral rim that encircles a lagoon
  10. 20. soils deposited by surface water
  11. 21. ___zone Covers much of lower lndus valley, borderlands of weestern India and southern Pakistan
  12. 23. mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau